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Ash Wednesday (1973)
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Release Date:
1 November 1973 (USA) moreTagline:
Barbara Sawyer and her beauticians. morePlot:
Barbara gets secret plastic surgery in Switzerland in an attempt to save her marriage to Mark, but he doesn't seem interested in meeting her... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. moreUser Comments:
Not vintage Liz, but "Ash Wednesday" has aged well moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Elizabeth Taylor | ... | Barbara Sawyer |
 | Henry Fonda | ... | Mark Sawyer |
 | Helmut Berger | ... | Erich |
| Keith Baxter | ... | David |
| Maurice Teynac | ... | Doctor Lambert |
 | Margaret Blye | ... | Kate |
| Monique van Vooren | ... | German Woman |
| Henning Schlüter | ... | Bridge Player |
| Dino Mele | ... | Mario |
| Kathy Van Lypps | ... | Mandy |
| Dina Sassoli | ... | Nurse Ilse |
| Carlo Puri | ... | Paolo |
| Andrea Esterhazy | ... | Comte d'Arnoud |
| Jill Pratt | ... | Simone |
| Irina Wassilchikoff | ... | Silvano del Campo |
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99 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
Color (Technicolor)Sound Mix:
MonoFilming Locations:
Rome, Lazio, ItalyMOVIEmeter: 
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Contains footage from actual facelift operations, which repulsed many viewers when it was originally released. moreSoundtrack:
Samba de Orfeu moreFAQ
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| I loved this movie! | Madyas |
| Ash Wednesday magazine article | hollywood90038 |
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I want to say, in 1973, it was fashionable to knock anything Elizabeth Taylor did. Not the greatest movie in the world, but a bitter story of how the aging process can affect us. Yes! It was a return to the gorgeous Liz! But, isn't that what a movie star is all about. So, Liz got fat, so did I! Liz drank and had her addictions. So do we all! Why judge a performance by an actor's trouble life? And, mirror, mirror on the wall, who has lived to survive it all? Elizabeth the Great! What more can I say? Sadly, bias and bigotry continue to blight the work of many great performers. Time will tell, or maybe it has told already, that Elizabeth Taylor and her body of work can stand up with the rest. P.S. Felt the same incredible sadness at"Ash Wednesday" in 1973 as I did at that other bitter pill "Brokeback Mountain."